1st Cl. Cuddy, honest Cuddy, we confess, and are sorry for our neglect.
2nd Cl. The old horse shall have a new bridle.
3rd Cl. The caparisons new painted.
4th Cl. The tail repaired. The snaffle and the bosses new saffroned o’er.
1st Cl. Kind,—
2nd Cl. Honest,—
3rd Cl. Loving, ingenious,—
4th Cl. Affable Cuddy.
Cud. To show I am not flint, but affable, as you say, very well stuffed, a kind of warm dough or puff-paste, I relent, I connive, most affable Jack. Let the hobby-horse provide a strong back, he shall not want a belly when I am in him—but [Seeing Sawyer]—’uds me, Mother Sawyer!
1st Cl. The old Witch of Edmonton!—if our mirth be not crossed—